That's kind of a difficult question for me. If I know that it's an unchillfiltered an non coloured whisky I prefer a clear bottle. If that's not the case I prefer the green bottles like Ardbeg and Laphroaig.

Definitely prefer a clear bottle in general. However, sometimes the use of green and brown glass can be extremely effective in creating a strong presence and sense of mystery around a product. For example, I'm always blown away by Lagavulin - an outstanding looking package and quite dominant on shelf. Quite dominant on the tongue too, come to think of it...

I like to believe that the colored glass, especially the dark browns protects my whisky from light a little better than clear. Then again, they all live inside of their containers anyways, so its not a true factor.... Just my 2 cents.

All that matters (about color) is what it looks like in the glass. A clear bottle and attractive whisky in the store isn't going to entice me into buying it. I've had enough whiskies that didn't taste as good as they looked, that color matters little. It looks different in the glass than the bottle anyway.

I'm your overly truthful type of guy, some would say "blunt" at times. I like transparency. I'm sensible to the argument that a tainted bottle could protect the whisky from the light but most comes in boxes... So I would definitely say clear, as a bottle preference. This being said, I wander if it wouldn't make a better reason still to caramel color the whisky even more than it already is for the distilleries. So I don't know. I'd personally prefer no coloring and clear, transparent glass bottles.

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